A tin can telephone with a loose string end and a feather on top.

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Guildenstern

We only know what we're told, and that's little enough. And for all we know it isn't even true.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker questions both the amount and the reliability of what they know. Information reaches them through what others say, and even that limited account may be false. The uncertainty lies in having to consider how little confidence those reports deserve.

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